Weight checking and correcting apparatus



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J. A. ABBOTT ETAL WEIGHT CHECKING AND CORRECTING APPARATUS 20 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS 'JOHN A.ABBOTT PHILIP R.BUNNELLE THOMAS E.ROBERTS,JR. HERBERT B. BROOKS WILLIAM J. FOWLER ATTO RNEY J. A. ABBOTT ETAL WEIGHT CHECKING AND CORRECTING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 26, 1959 July 9, 1963 20 Sheets-Sheet I5 NWT INVENTORS JOHN A. ABBOTT PHILIP R. BUNNELLE THOMAS E. ROBERT$,JR. HERBERT B. BROOKS WILLIAM J. FOWLER BY 5! W4 fi J ATTORNEY July 9, 1963 J. A. ABBOTT ETAL WEIGHT CHECKING AND CORRECTING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 26, 1959 20 Sheets-Sheet 4 S R I O mm H nH| mu m a N N. mm Pal M 9 .1 91 m n+ T T mmQ mmu M m m3 RN m N H w J n m3 THOMAS E. ROBERT$.,JR. HERBERT B. BROOKS WILLIAM .1. FOWLER BY 3 flWWHJ/J IJ ATTORNEY July 9, 1963 J. 'A. ABBOTT ETAL 3,096,837

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1. WEIGHT CHECKING AND CORRECTING APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A DOUGH DIVIDER COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING PIECES OF DOUGH ALONG A PATH IN SPACED RELATION, WEIGHING DEVICE DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID PATH FOR WEIGHING THE PIECES OF DOUGH IN SUCCESSION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID WEIGHING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SUCCESSIVE SIGNALS, EACH SIGNAL BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WEIGHT OF ONE OF THE SUCCESSIVELY ADVANCING PIECES OF DOUGH, A DOUGH DISCHARGING MECHANSIM DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID PATH, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING PROJECTING MEANS SELECTIVELY OPER- 